‘Saisons’: A Sprawling, Dream-Like 3D Illustration by Julia Spiers

French illus­tra­tor Julia Spiers has cre­at­ed Saisons, a 3D instal­la­tion that depicts a sprawl­ing, dream-like scene. To cre­ate it, she first paint­ed the water­col­or fig­ures on paper, cut each piece out, and then arranged them in the for­ma­tion you see here.

Look­ing at the style of these char­ac­ters, with their soft col­ors and dif­fused details, I’m remind­ed of Har­ry Darg­er’s work. Like him, Julia infus­es sur­re­al ele­ments into her pop-up com­po­si­tion, and there are a lot of things going on every­where you look. It con­jures the same types of curiosi­ties I have when look­ing at Darg­ers work, and I would love to spend some in-per­son time with Saisons. I’m sure there’s a lot more to see!